The 92nd edition of Tokyo International Gift Show Autumn 2021, one of the largest and most famous international trade fairs for personal gifts and household goods, was held at Tokyo Big Sight from October 13 to 15, 2021.
Concurrently held with the 10th edition of “LIFE x DESIGN 2021”, which focuses on Design & Craft, Japanese Craftsmanship and Renovation & Lifestyle, and the 30th edition of “Gourmet & Dining Style Show Autumn 2021”, a quality and lifestyle-oriented food fair featuring premium regional foods.

The total number of exhibitors was 1,239, which is 35% more compared to last year exhibition.

Many of the booths were gorgeously decorated, and the venue was bustling with activity as visitors engaged in business negotiations and information gathering.

The next Spring edition will be held from February 8 to 10, 2022 at the same venue – Tokyo Big Sight.

Tokyo Metropolitan Tama Industrial Exchange Center (Tokyo Tama Future Messe, for short) will open on October 14, 2022, according to the Tokyo Metropolitan Government announcement.

Tokyo Tama Future Messe is a facility with approximately 2,400㎡ of exhibition space and seven meeting rooms for seminars, conferences, business meetings and exhibitions.

The name has been selected from 811 options and reflects the idea of creating a platform with a strong focus on a better future.

The designated manager is a joint venture (JV) with Nihon Convention Service (representative company), Keio Setsubi Service and Keio Agency.

Tokyo Tama Mirai Messe will start accepting reservations starting from November 1st.

DESIGNART TOKYO 2021 will take place in various areas of Tokyo including Omotesando, Harajuku and Ginza, as well as online – from October 22 to 31, 2021
Themed “CHANCE!”, this event is one of the largest design and art festivals in Japan, presenting the best of the current art, design, fashion, interior design and related fields.
“Kuradashi”, a project within the event, in collaboration with the crowdfunding service “Ubugoe”, provides a platform where you can view and purchase rare and valuable pieces that had not been made available to the market just yet.
Many designers, both famous and young will participate in this event curated by the winner of the number of international design awards – Jin Kuramoto.

Perrier-Jouet, a champagne house, and Austrian designer studio mischer’traxler collaborated on a new project “IamNature”. This work, which will be shown in Japan ahead of the rest of the world, is based on the concept of “the distance between humans and nature” and is the first work by mischer’traxler to use digital technology.
“KEF 60 YEARS – Listen & Believe – Welcome to the Wireless High-Fidelity Experience” an experience space created by wireless HiFi speaker manufacturer KEF, architect unit KDa, and DJ Quietstorm, alongside “1-15-22 Apartment,” an exhibition of works by young creators, presentations and announcements of new designs by domestic and international interior brands will take place as planned.

DESIGNART TOKYO 2021
Dates: October 22 (Fri) – 31 (Sun) 2021
Venue: Omotesando-Gaienmae / Harajuku-Meijingu-mae / Shibuya-Ebisu / Daikanyama / Roppongi / Ginza / Online
Organizer: DESIGNART TOKYO Executive Committee

Organized by the executive committee, “Niigata BIZ EXPO 2021” will take place at the Niigata City Industrial Promotion Center on October 14-15, 2021, with 129 participants – companies and organizations from the following sectors: IT, Service, Manufacturing, Construction/Real Estate, Trading/Wholesale/Retail, Energy/Environmental, Medical/Welfare/Health, Government and Educational.

In addition to the business meetings, the six themed seminars, including “5G” and “Decarbonization and New Energy” are scheduled to take place.

*Admission is free
*Advance reservation required

From October 13 to 15 at Pacifico Yokohama, JTB Communication Design will hold a Premier Hybrid Partnering Event, consisting of “BioJapan”, “Regenerative Medicine JAPAN” and “healthTECH JAPAN”.
“BioJapan” is a specialized exhibition that brings together major pharmaceutical companies, venture companies, research institutes and universities from Japan and abroad.
It consists of three pillars: exhibitions, partnering, and seminars. With the participation of more than 800 companies and organizations, approximately 10,000 business negotiations are expected during the exhibition period.
The goal is to create communication opportunities for all participants by combining the traditional booth exhibition with a unique matching system.
The system allows all participants to understand each other’s needs in advance: business nature, in-and out-licensing, what kind of partner they are looking for, etc. It has been made possible to contact companies with high potential for business connections, such as business partnerships, through the matching system. When they request a meeting with the person they want to meet, and the person accepts, the system’s algorithm finds a mutually available time and place and automatically sets up the meeting.
In the sixth edition of “Regenerative Medicine JAPAN,” the stem cell researcher and winner of the Nobel Prize Shinya Yamanaka and the physician, ophthalmologist and stem cell researcher Masayo Takahashi will present their latest efforts in the field of cell therapy and medicine, including increasingly popular iPS research.
“HealthTECH JAPAN 2021” will be held under the theme of “Healthcare x Digital” and is expected to be 1.5 times larger than the previous year’s event.
Exhibitors will include a start-up that utilizes AI in molecular design technology to perform a large-scale screening, and a company that uses wearable devices to accumulate heart rate variability data to analyze myocardial infarction and the risks of epileptic seizures in the future.
Showcasing overseas companies “Global Life Science Clusters” is an online event and part of the program that has been in operation since September 15.
The Italian Embassy’s Trade Promotion Department and BIOCOM – San Diego-based life science organization, will participate in this year’s event, with a number of notable companies from each region giving the presentations.

The Taipei International Machine Tool Show (TIMTOS) and Taiwan International Machine Tool Show (TMTS) will be held together on February 21 to 26, 2022 in Taipei.
Both exhibitions are biannually held major machine tool fairs in Taiwan.
TIMTOS – in even-numbered years, is co-sponsored by TAITRA and the Taiwan Machinery Industry Association, while TMTS, held in Taichung in odd-numbered years, is hosted by the Taiwan Machinery Industry Association.
The sponsoring organizations agreed to hold the event jointly, seeing it as an international business opportunity for the growth of Taiwan’s machine tool industry.
On September 15, the Taiwan External Trade Relations Organization (TAITRA) announced the rising demand and the recovery of the global machine tool industry.
According to the announcement, the cumulative export value of Taiwan’s machine tools from January to August this year was US$1.755 billion, an increase of 22.2% over the same period last year.
With the focus on “smart machines”, exhibits will include metal cutting machine tools, general processing machines, and metal forming machine tools.

“ET&IoT 2021” will take place at Pacifico Yokohama for 3 days from November 17 to 19, 2021. The event is organized by Japan Embedded Systems Technology Association (JASA）. This year’s event will be held in a hybrid format.
The organizer is aiming to attract more than 30,000 visitors on both in-person and virtual platforms.
Under the theme of “Edge Technology Enters the Next Stage – All the Elemental Technologies and Application Fields to Realize Industrial DX is Here”, the exhibition covers a wide range of related topics.
The latest trends in tech, AI, digital infrastructure, 5G, semiconductors, and smart sensing will be presented, with a focus on the fields of robotics, mobility, and retail.
For those who cannot attend the conference in person, the organizers will provide remote access to the conference as it has been done at the previous edition – ET&IoT West 2021.
The video conference system will enable online negotiations between on-site exhibitors and online visitors.
The conference will feature large panel presentations covering Digital Transformation topics.
A total of 120 technical sessions to be included in addition to the three consecutive days covering topics such as human resource development and organizational transformation.
The DX Innovation Challenge and ET&IoT Technology Award 2021 are scheduled to be held at the same time.

From November 6 to November 21, the Sound & Art Exhibition will present more than 40 works under the key theme “Music to See, Shape to Hear”.
The exhibition will take place at the 3331 Arts Chiyoda gallery and is organized by the Creative Arts Executive Committee and the Tokyo Metropolitan Board of Education.
From Intonarumori – the experimental musical instruments invented and built by the Italian futurist Luigi Russolo between 1910 and 1930, to Sound Tube by the Japanese pioneer of sound art Hiroshi Yoshimura, to Invisible Soundscape ~version 1: (1 + √5)/2+x~ by Claire Fujita, the total of 19 artists from 5 countries will present their works.
Some of the works on display, including the Sound Sculptures by Bernard and Francois Baschet and Fragments of Sound by Kenichi Kanazawa, allow visitors to experience sound creation for themselves.
Other works on display include sound tools constructed from natural materials such as bamboo and wood, sculptures made of iron and metal, and works created using a variety of techniques, including those composed of mass-produced products.

Sound & Art Exhibition “Music to See, Shape to Hear”
Period: November 6 (Sat) – November 21 (Sun) 12:00 – 18:00
Venue: 3331 Arts Chiyoda 1F Main Gallery
Admission: ¥1,200 for adults / ¥600 for high school and university students / ¥300 for junior high school students and younger / free admission for preschool children
※Reservation required.

Urban night market, “SHIBUYA YOICHI” took place at Miyashita Park in Shibuya Ward for two days from October 2 to 3.

Themed “PLAY for Tomorrow”, the event had brought together various businesses and artists who talked about fashion, music and environment alongside a number of current social issues.
The aim is to create fun and approachable opportunity for people to better understand the importance and day-to-day implementation of sustainability.
The main visuals were created by Margt, a creative unit under the PERIMETRON label, that moved from New York to Tokyo in 2020 and is active in various fields such as music and fashion, as well as video and graphics.

In the exhibition area, Eri, the representative of DEPT Company and active social and environmental speaker, had teamed up with the Ministry of the Environment to create an installation that displays the amount of discarded items in the fashion industry in just 1 minute.

The number of panel displays provides information on the topic which allows anyone interested to learn about the current state of fashion and its effect on the environment.

In addition, fashion brand AlexanderLeeChang had created a special program including skateboarding classes for beginners, and mini-games.

Shibuya Night Market (Shibuya Yoichi)
Date and time: October 2 (Sat) – October 3 (Sun), 12:00 – 22:30
Venue: Miyashita Park, Shibuya Ward
Admission: Free
Organized by: SHIBUYA HARAJUKU FASHION FESTIVAL Executive Committee

The Taiwan Trade Center will hold the 2035 E-Mobility Taiwan (Taiwan International Smart Mobility Trade Fair) for the first time at the Taipei Nangang Exhibition Hall from October 20 to 22, 2021.

The event will take place in a hybrid format, with the online exhibition running from October 20 to November 20, 2021.
Future Mobility themed exhibition will bring together an array of sustainable products related to the electric vehicles and self-driving car ecosystem.
The exhibition is divided into six areas: Autonomous, Move, Share, Interaction, Connect, and Startup.

Special events including new product launches, the 2035 E-Mobility Global Demo Day, a pitch event by overseas startups, the International Industry Forum, Online Tech Talks, and the Exhibition Site Live Tour.